Automatic stamping device



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Patented May 5, 1931 I ED STATES PATENT OFFICE nn vns'r E. nvnlvs, orRIVERSIDELGALIFORNIA Auroumrrc STAMPING- DEVICE Application filed May23,

Another object of this invention is to provide an improved stampingdevice wherein the type is automatically inked before each stampingoperation. 7 r

A further object of my invention is to provide a novel means foroperating a marking device. r i i ther'objects and advantages of the in-15j vention will be apparent from the following description taken inconnection with the accompanying drawings wherein:

Fig. l has a side elevation of my improved stamping device showing it inan operative position and actuating to'imprint a stamp upon an article.V v

Fig. 2 is a fragmentary plan 'view of my machine, 7

Fig. 3 is a-view similar to 'Fig. 2 showing the mechanism in aninoperativeposition.

Fig. 4 is an other view similar to Fig. 2 showing the mechanismoperating to ink the t pe.

Fig. 5 is a rear View of the lower portion of the device. a

Fig. 6 is a top plan view of the mechanism shown in Fig. 5. V I

Fig. 7 is an elevation of the upper portion of the marking devicelooking in the direction of the arrowFA inFig. 4.

Fig. 8 is a view similar to Fig. 7 showing the inking pad-moved out ofthe way'of the type, the type carrying device havingbeen omitted forclarity. i I

Fig.9 is a front view of the type carrying device and positioningknob.

Fig. '10 is an enlarged'fragmentary section ofthe type carrying deviceshowing" the manner of securing the type thereon.

"Fig. 11 is a top 'plan' view of one of the clutch actuating levers inan inoperative position. r i Y i Fig; 12 is a'view similar t-oFig. 11show ng the lever actuated to place the clutch" in an operativeposition. 7

1927, serial no. 193,702.

Fig. 13 is another view similar to F ig. 11 showing the lever in thesame position as in Fig. 12 and the clutch rod actuated to disengage theclutch. i

F igz'lt is a side elevation of the arm shown in Figs. lltol3 inclusive.r

Fig. 15 is an enlarged fragmentary section taken on line 15-15 of Fig.1.

Fig. 16'is an enlarged development of the inking mechanism actuatingtrack. w

Fig. 17 is a fragmentary perspective view ofthe pivoted link attachmentof the inking mechanism track; i i

Fig. 18 is a side elevation partly in section of a modified form ofprinting head and Fig. 19 is an enlarged face view of th turning knobsshown in Fig. 18.

Referring to the drawingsby reference characters; Ihave indicated myimproved stamping device generally at'lO and shown it as adaptedtoactuate in conjunction with a box liding machine, only the continuousconveyor table 11 of the liding machine being shown. My improvedstamping device is so constructed that it may be used between a lid'ingmachine and a strapping machine without interfering with the actuationof either or being in the way of the operator of either machine.

As shown in the" drawings my improved stamping device 10 comprises abase 12 having a standard 18 mounted thereon. A shaft 14 is mounted forrotation upon the standard;

The shaft terminates-in a head 15. In the head 15 I mount a shaft 16having secured at one end bya'nut 17 a type carryingroll 18 and havingsecured to its other end a knob or hand wheel 19 for rotating it forpositioning the type carrying roll 18.

The type roll 18 is adapted to support a plurality of type bars 20 whichfit in dovetailed grooves 21 of the type roll and are retained inposition in the grooves by spring catches 22 (see Fig. 10). The springcatches 22 are secured to the bottom of the grooves 21 and haveaneXtension 23 thereon which engages the bottoms of the type bars 20 andforce them outwardly. By so resiliently mounting the type bars .20 theymay give a little when striking a solid object ,to print thereon, thusgreatly prolonging the life of the type.

For retaining the desired type bar in a printing position I provide onthe head 15 a spring pressed finger 24 having a projection 25 thereonwhich is adapted to engage singularly a plurality of depressions 26 in acollar 27 which is secured to the shaft 16 (see Figs. 1 and 15). Forindicating which type bar is in a printing position I provide on thehead 15 an indicator 28 which coacts with markings on the knob 19 suchas letters or numerals 30. The numerals 30 corresponding to numerals 31on the ends of the type roll 18. Thus when a certain number 30 registerswith the indicator 28 the type bar 20 in the groove designated by thecorresponding numbers 31 will be in a printing position.

Mounted adjacent the upper end of the standard 13 and secured thereto bya set screw 32 I provide a bracket 33 for supporting the inking device34. This inking device includes an ink carrying pad 35 resilientlymounted as by springs 36 (see Fig. 3) in a casing 37. By so resilientlymounting the inking pad 35 the striking of the type against it will notforce the ink to squeeze out of the pad to excess and will in additionprolong the life of the inking surface of the pad.

The pad casing 37 is secured to an arm 38 which has a reduced portion 39thereon which is adapted to be rotatably mounted in a boss 40 of thebracket 33. The reduced portion 39 terminates in a reduced threaded stud41 and the arm 38 is retainedin position in the boss 40 by a nut 42.

For actuating the inking mechanism in and out of the path of the typeroll, I provide on the arm 38 a boss 43 to which I pivotally attach alink 44 at 45. The link is pivotally secured at 45a to a track 46. Thistrack 46 is pivotally secured at 47 to an extended bracket 48 integralwith the bracket 33 and includes a depression 46a having operatingportions 46b and 46c on either side thereof.

For normally urging the inking pad 35 downward or into the path of thetype I provide a coiled spring 49 having one of its ends attached to alug 50 which is integral with the arm 38 and having its other endanchored to a portion of the bracket 33. On the shaft 16 I provide aroller 51 which is adapted to roll upon the track 46. The operation ofthis will be more fully explained hereinafter.

For imparting horizontal movement to the type roll 18 I provide an arm52 which is secured to the shaft 14 and is arranged in an enlarged boss53 on the standard 13. The arm 52 has a link 54 pivotally securedthereto which is in turn pivotally secured to a rotatable disk 55. Thedisk 55 is adapted to be rotated by a shaft 56 having a bevel gear 57secured to its other end. The shaft 56 is shown as supported in abearing 58 on a standard 59.

The gear 57 is rotated by a gear 60 secured to a shaft 61 and the shaft61 is adapted to be rotated through the medium of a clutch mechanism 62from a gear 63. The clutch 62 may be of any desired type suitable forthe purpose. The gear 63 is shown as driven by a pinion 64 secured to ashaft 65 which is shown as adapted to be rotated by a pulley 66.

The pulley 66 is preferably rotated by a belt 67 which may be in turnoperated either from some revolving part of the liding machine or from apulley on a line shaft. If desired the shaft 65 may be'driven by gearedconnections to other rotating elements or by geared connection to anindependent electric motor.

For engaging the clutch mechanism 62 to cause the stamping device toactuate I provide an arm 70 (see Figs. 1 and 5) pivoted intermediate itslength to one of the side rails of the conveyor table 11 and providedadjacent its upper end with a roller 71. This roller 71 normallyprojects above the top of the conveyor rollers in the path of thearticle to be stamped which is shown in the accompanying drawings as acrate of fruit indicated at 7 2. For normally urging the arm 70 toanupright position to the position indicated by the broken lines in Fig.5 I provide a coiled spring 73 having one end secured to the arm 70 andhaving its other end anchored to one of the conveyor table side rails.For preventing movement of the arm 70 past the gertical in one directionI provide a stoppin The lower end of the arm 70 is shown as providedwith a slot 75 in which a reduced portion 76 of an arm 77 is adapted toactuate. The arm 77 by means of a shaft 78 is adapted to rock anotherarm 79. The shaft 78 is shown as supported in a bearing 80 which in turnis supported by a rib 81 integral with the bearing 58. The arm 79 isadapted to reciprocate a rod 82 which is adapted to move a lever 83which in turn is adapted to shift a spool 84 of the clutch mechanism 62to engage and disengage the clutch.

Thearm 79 and rod 82 are slackly linked together as shown in detail inFigs. 11 to 14 inclusive. The end of the rod 82 is flattened as at 85and provided with an elongated aperture 86, the outer end of which isprovided with a notch 87. The arm 79 is provided with a bolt 88, theshank 89 of which is adapted to actuate in the elongated aperture 86 andthe notch 87.

For normally urging the end of the rod 82 towards the arm 79 to retainthe shank 89 in the notch 87 I provide a coiled spring 90 having oneofits ends attached to a lip 91 of the rod and the other anchored to thearm 79.

To allow a horizontal movement of the end of rod 82 I provide a pivotedjoint in the rod as at 92 and for restricting this movethe disk 55.

ment in one direction I provide a downwardly, extending lip 93 which isintegral with the rib 81. The rod,82,is shown as supported in abearing94 integral with the standard 59.

As previously stated this stamping device is preferably adapted forcoaction with a liding machine and "when the crate 72 is brought upagainst. thestop on the liding machine it forces the-lever 70fromthebroken line position in Fig. 5 to the full line position, therebycausing the arm 7 7,to be moved from the position shown in Fig. 3 to theposition shown in F g! 6. As the arm 77 moves i it causes the arm 79 tomove from the position shown in Fig.11 to the position shown in Fig.12." .As this movement occurs the arm 79 moves the shank 89 of the bolt88 with the latter engaging against the shoulder of thenotch 87 in theflattened portion 85 of the rod 82. This moves the rod 82 which in turnmoves the clutch mechanism into engagement to revolvethe shaft 61 andthe pinion 60. a The pinion 60 revolves the gear 57 which through themedium of the shaft 56 revolves As the arm 79 completes its movementfrom theLposit-ion shown in Fig. 11 to the position shown in Fig. 12,the shank 89 of the bolt 88 moves up out ofengagement with the notch 87and into the elongated aperture 86 where it is free to move relative tothe notch as will be later described. V I

Asthe disk. 55revolves it moves the arm 52 by means of the link 54 fromthe position shown in Fig. 3 towards the position shown in Fig. 2. Whenthe arm 52 moves it rotates the shaft 14 which in turn movesthe head 15'thereby moving the type ,roll 18 from the retracted position shown in 3to the stamping posit-ion shown in Fig. 2.

As the type roll 18 moves toward a stamping position the roller 51 ridesalong the track 466 and into the depression 46a, this allowstheinkingmechanism 34 to swing downward- 1y into the path of the typeroll, whereupon the type bar which is in a printing posi tion strikesagainst the inking pad 35. As the type roll 18 continues to move forwardthe roller 51 rides upon the track portion 460 and forces the track 46down again and causes the track 46 to move about the pivot '47, therebyforcing the link 44 downward which in turn moves the arm 38 to lift theinking pad and the casing 37 up out of the path of the type roll 18,whereupon the type roll moves to the stamping position shown in Fig. 2to print upon the crate 72.

This printing operation takes one half of a revolution of the disk andas the disk 55 moves the arm 52 from the position shown in Fig. 6 to theretracted position shown in Fig. 3 the type roll 18 and the roller 51are similarly moved.

As the roller 51 moves to the retractedposition it rides along the trackportion 460 into the depression 46a and onto the track portion 466 whichforces the track 46 to move about the pivot 47 and'move the link 44 tocause the theclutch mechanism 62. As the rod 82 is so moved theflattened end portion 85 of the rod moves from the position shown inFig. 12 to the position shown in Fig. 13. i

The arm 79 remains in the position as shown in Fig. 13 until the crate.72'moves off of the lever and allows it to resume the vertical positionshown in broken lines in Fig. 5. When the lever 70 shifts to thevertical position it moves the arm 79 from the position shown in Fig. 13back to the position shown in Fig. 11. As the arm 79 moves back to thestarting position the shank 89 of the bolt 88 rides in the elongatedaperture 86 until it reaches and is moved into the notch 87 by thespring 90, where it finally comes to rest and is ready to again move therod 82 to engage the clutch mechanism when the lever 70 is moved byanother crate. r

In Fig-18 I have shown a modified form of printing head which may besecured to theend of the shaft 14 instead of the one previouslydescribed. This modified form of head includes a type carrying roll 105similar to the previously described type carrying roll 18. The type roll.is

to its free end a knob or hand wheel 109 for rotating it for positioningthe type car-' rying 1 011 105. 7 r

For retaining the desired type bar 106 in a printing position I provideon the head 108 a spring pressed finger 110 which is adapted to engagesingularly a plurality of depressions in a collar 111 which is securedto thesleeve 107 as previously described in connection with the springpressed finger 24.

For indicating which type bar 106 is in a printing position I provide onthehead 108 an indicator 112 which coacts with markings on the knob 109such as lettersor numerals 113 (see Fig. 19). The numerals 113correspond to similar numerals on the ends vof the type roll 108.Thuswhen a certain numeral 113registers with the indicator 112 the typebar 106 in the groove designatedby the corresponding numeral will be ina printing position.

This modified form of printing head is also shown as provided with twoindependently rotatable type disks 114 and 115 upon which may be lettersor numerals 116 and 117. The type disk 114 is shown as mounted on asleeve 118 which is rotatably mounted in the sleeve 107 and has securedto its free end a knob 119 for rotating it for positioning the type disk114. For retaining the desired numeral 116 in a printing position Iprovide a spring pressed plunger 120 which is adapted to engagesingularly a plurality of'depressions 121 in the sleeve 118. he springpressed plunger 120 is shown as adapted to be supported in a bracket 122integral with the head 108.

For indicating which numeral 116 on the disk 114 is in a printingposition I provide integral with the bracket 122 an indicator 123 whichcoacts with markings on the knob 119 such as letters or numerals 124(see Fig. 19). The numerals 124 correspond to the numerals 116 on thedisk 114. Thus when a certain numeral 124 registers with the indicator123 the operator will know that the corresponding numeral 116 on thedisk 114 is in a printing position.

The disk 115 is shown as mounted on a shaft 125 which is rotatablymounted in the sleeve 10'. and has secured to its free end a knob 126for rotating it for positioning the type disk 115. For retaining thedesired numeral 117 in a printing position I provide a spring pressedplunger 127 which is shown as supported by the bracket 122. The plunger127 is adapted to engage singularly a plurality of depressions 128 in ahub 129 of the knob 126.

For indicating which numeral 117 is in a printing position I provideintegral with the bracket 122 an indicator 130 which coacts withmarkings on the knob 126 such as letters or numerals 131 (see Fig. 19).The numerals 131 correspond to the numerals 117 on the disk 115. Thuswhen a certain numeral 131 registers with the indicator 130 the operatorwill know that the corresponding numeral 117 on the disk 115 is in aprinting position.

Although I have shown and described my improved stamping devices asoperating in conjunction with a liding machine and actuating to printupon a crate I wish it to be understood that it may be used for anyother purpose for which it may be adapted.

From the foregoingdescription it will be apparent that I have providedan improved stamping device which is simple in construction, automaticin operation and eificient in use.

What I claim is:

1. In a printing device, a support, a printing member mounted formovement on said support, means for moving said printing member tooperative position, an inking member associated with said printingmember and means for moving said inking member against and from saidprinting member while said printing member is moving from normalposition to operative position and means operated by an object beingprinted to cause operation of said last mentioned means.

2. The combination of a. conveyor and a printing device, means adjacentto said conveyor for supporting said printing member, an inking deviceassociated with said printing device, means actuated by an article onsaid conveyor for moving said printing member against the approachingface of said article and means for inking said printing member duringits movement towards an article.

3. In combination with a conveyor, a printing device including a typecarrier positioned adjacent said conveyor, clutch controlled means formoving said type carrier to and from a printing position, means wherebysaid clutch means is moved to an operating position by an article onsaid conveyor to print upon said article, means to move said typecarrier to an inoperative position after a printing operation, and meansto disengage said clutch means when said type carrier has reached aninoperative position regardless of said article actuated clutch means.

4. In a printing device, a support, a printing member mounted formovement about a vertical axis on said support, means for moving saidprinting member to operative position, an inking member mounted formovement about a horizontal axis on said support, means actuated by anobject being printed for moving said inking member against said printingmember while said printing member is moving to operative position.

In testimony whereof, I hereunto aflix my signature.

ERNEST E. EVANS.

